– Promotion of 「Special Measures for Safety Management」 in areas where crowds are expected to be crowded, regardless of whether or not there is an organizer
– 6 areas with high floating population, such as Gangnam, Hongdae, and Myeong-dong, are intensively managed by establishing separate measures
– Inspection of illegal parking and parking in narrow alleys, and implementation of preemptive measures to prevent accidents
– Pilot application of smart crowd management techniques such as crowd movement simulation and intelligent CCTV utilization
□ The Seoul Metropolitan Government establishes a tight safety net to prevent accidents, such as pre-checking risk factors and intensively deploying management personnel, in areas where large numbers of people are expected to gather, such as bell-ringing events, Christmas, and sunrise events.
□ In particular, as this year marks a turning point in daily life recovery after social distancing has been lifted, citizens are expected to have more outdoor gatherings than in previous years.
□ The Seoul Metropolitan Government conducts on-site inspections from the 6th to the 20rd of December for six places expected to be crowded during the year-end and New Year holidays: Gangnam, Hongdae, Insa-dong/Ikseon-dong, Myeong-dong, Itaewon, and Konkuk University Station. .
○ In principle, the inspection team takes immediate measures against pedestrian risk factors such as illegal parking and stacked objects, and also inspects sloped icy roads and areas with a risk of slipping accidents due to frost considering the fact that the cold wave continues.
□ Each of the 25 autonomous districts established safety management measures for major events during the year-end and New Year holidays and areas where crowds are expected to be concentrated, sharing relevant information through joint city and district meetings several times, and conducting in-depth discussions on measures to prevent crowd accidents. .
□ The Seoul Metropolitan Government will pilot a smart crowd management technique as part of the year-end and New Year safety management measures. For the New Year's Eve bell-ringing event, which is expected to attract 10 people, a simulation predicting the movement of pedestrian traffic is conducted to predict places where citizens will be concentrated in advance. Afterwards, the location is observed using high-performance CCTV that can measure the number of people per unit area in real time. When a dangerous situation occurs, it is immediately transmitted to the control room.
○ The smart crowd management technique will be piloted in Hongdae, Myeong-dong, and Gangnam Station, where an unspecified number of people are expected to be concentrated, and will be expanded and applied throughout Seoul in 23.
□ Each autonomous district is also making full preparations so that citizens can spend the year-end and New Year holidays safely, not only by organizing events with organizers, but also by establishing safety management measures in areas where a large number of unspecified people gather.
□ Jongno-gu has prepared safety management measures for the safe holding of the New Year's Eve bell ringing event, the Seoul Light Lantern Festival, and the Seoul Light Gwanghwa event, as well as events in which citizens voluntarily gather.
○ For safe management of the event, joint meetings and on-site inspections were held with Seoul City, Jongno-gu, Jongno Fire Station, and Jongno Police Station, and safety management measures will be continuously supplemented and developed before the event.
○ In Ikseon-dong and Daehak-ro, which are visited by many young people, a warning is broadcasted to the site in case of overcrowding, the information is immediately transmitted to related organizations, and a special situation room is operated for real-time on-site monitoring.
○ In addition, to ensure the safety of citizens visiting Mt. Inwang and Bugak Octagonal Pavilion during the New Year's celebration, safety personnel are deployed, luminous tape is installed at the event site, and snow removal equipment is deployed.
□ From December 2022 to January 23, Jung-gu implements safety management measures focusing on the Myeongdong Special Tourist Zone and the Namsan Octagonal Pavilion Sunrise Event.
○ A safety situation room is installed and operated to prepare for crowded areas, and 184 safety agents are assigned to all district employees in the space encompassing Myeongdong Station, Myeongdong Arts Theater, and Myeongdong Cathedral.
○ In addition, in case of overcrowding, it is planned to maintain order through vehicle control, dispersal of crowds, and route guidance, and a joint safety response system has been established with related organizations such as police and firefighting.
□ Yongsan-gu conducts special on-site inspections for areas where crowds are expected to be concentrated, such as around Itaewon-ro, Yongnidan-gil, Yongsan Station, and Yongmun Market, and strengthens monitoring to determine density by utilizing the CCTV integrated control center.
○ Organize shifts during crowded times such as Christmas and the year-end and New Year holidays to strengthen on-site patrols, monitor emergency situations through CCTV monitoring, and send disaster text messages when danger is detected.
□ Gwangjin-gu established safety management measures focusing on the Achasan Sunrise Festival, which is famous for its sunrise, and the vicinity of Konkuk University Station, which is expected to be visited by many citizens.
○ During the Sunrise Festival, which runs from 1:1 to 07:00 on January 08st, luminous prohibition lines are installed to prevent accidents due to darkness on the hiking trails, and safety personnel guide people to disperse along the way when it is crowded.
○ In addition, snow removal is performed during snowfall to prevent the risk of slipping accidents due to icy slopes.
○ In Konkuk University Station Food Street and Lamb Skewers Street, CCTVs capable of measuring the number of people per unit area are planned to measure the number of floating population by hour, and CCTV speaker broadcasting and response system are operated in case of signs of overcrowding.
□ Gangnam-gu builds a system that measures risk in major dense areas by combining existing CCTV images with artificial intelligence (AI) image analysis functions, and sends monitoring screens to the district office general situation room and disaster safety office.
○ Intelligent CCTV using artificial intelligence (AI) video analysis function is scheduled to be operated near Gangnam Station Yeomyeong-gil from the end of December 2022, and the number of CCTV monitoring personnel will be expanded from 32 to 36 to be in charge of densely populated areas.
○ In addition, in the first half of next year, a system to induce dispersion in case of crowding will be prepared by transmitting an alarm sound through a CCTV pole and introducing a density traffic light.
□ Mapo-gu prepared a response manual for crowd management in multi-dense areas and established safety management measures focusing on the Hongdae Special Tourist Zone and the Haneul Park Sunrise event.
○ In the response manual, CCTV control is strengthened when the density is at the warning level (2-3 people/m2), and when it reaches the alert level (4-5 people/m2), the old emergency standby team is mobilized and the situation is shared with the police and fire department. . When it enters the serious stage (6-7 people/m2), a disaster text message is sent, and the district safety department, police, and firefighters are dispatched to the scene.
○ In the Hongdae Special Tourist Zone, 2 groups of 1 people conduct safety patrols until December 5st in the area of 'Walking Street' and 'Festival Street'. run a campaign
○ During the Sunrise event in Sky Park, a firefighting vehicle will be waiting at the site to prepare for fire accidents, and a temporary medical team at the public health center will be installed at the site to respond to emergency patients.
□ Choi Jin-seok, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Safety, said, “Seoul will do its best in safety management so that citizens can spend the year-end and New Year holidays safely and comfortably by actively cooperating with related organizations such as autonomous districts, fire departments, and police. It is expected that it will improve the ability to predict and detect crowds and respond to them on the spot.”